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Alpha Bruton creates environmental art installations where objects and images are selected to “serve as cultural mirrors" and the sites in which they are situated serve as part of a broader cultural commentary.
She is also an art consultant, and chief curator for the Phantom Gallery Chicago.

Art For Global Health

Alpha Bruton, Makeba Kedem-DuBois, Dr. Nataka Moore, Adam Murphy,

I want to give a special thank you to Curator Makeba Kedem-DuBose for invitingme to participate in this years Art For Global Health Fundraiser. It was held at the Fulton Street Collective event space at 1824 W. Hubbard. The auctioneer was Candace Hunter, both women I know as outstanding artists in the Chicago African American art scene.

"Still Away North" 2016 @ Bruton

I was fortunate enough to have my artwork auctioned off, a collector bid on it at the starting bid. I donated the entire amount to the organization. The proceeds go toward programs that help deliver services to health care workers in Liberia.

Since 2014 the organization has had $42,580 of artwork donated from Chicago based artist. The artworks that were not sold at auction is still in their collection and is being sold as part of a silent auction. All proceeds go to the work they are doing globally to provide leadership and to partner with other organizations to build the capacity of existing health care systems of under served populations locally and globally. Contact the curator and/or director adamur@msn.com

The effects of the Ebola outbreak have left thousands of babies unregistered. Mothers fear the safety of their children as they are about to grow up in a world with no government documents and therefore no access to health care and other benefits. What is going to happen to these children who don’t “exist”?